Tobacco Smoking Cessation and Quitline Use Among Adults Aged ≥15 Years in 31 Countries: Findings From the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
| Autor: | Angela L. Tripp, René A. Arrazola, Evelyn Twentyman, Anna K. Dean, Lazarous Mbulo, Indu B. Ahluwalia, Brian A. King |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Tobacco use Adolescent Epidemiology medicine.medical_treatment India Smoking prevalence 01 natural sciences Quit smoking Tobacco Use 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Tobacco Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Health professionals business.industry Smoking 010102 general mathematics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Tobacco Smokers Quitline Smoke tobacco Smoking cessation Smoking Cessation business Demography |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 60:S128-S135 |
| ISSN: | 0749-3797 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.04.029 |
| Popis: | Introduction About 80% of the 1.1 billion people who smoke tobacco worldwide reside in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence-based approaches to promote cessation include brief advice from health professionals and referrals through quitlines. This study assesses cessation behaviors and the use of cessation services in the past 12 months among current tobacco smokers in 31 countries who attempted to quit. Methods Data came from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, a household-based survey of non-institutionalized adults aged ≥15 years. Surveys were conducted in 31 countries during 2008–2018; sample sizes ranged from 4,250 (Malaysia) to 74,037 (India), and response rates ranged from 64.4% (Ukraine) to 98.5% (Qatar). In 2019, data from the 31 countries were assessed in June 2019, and indicators included self-reported current (daily or less than daily) tobacco smoking, past-year quit attempts, and cessation methods used in the past 12 months. Results Current tobacco smoking prevalence ranged from 3.7% (Ethiopia) to 38.2% (Greece). Overall, an estimated 176.8 million adults from the 31 countries made a quit attempt in the past 12 months, with country-level prevalence ranging from 16.4% (Greece) to 54.7% (Botswana). Most individuals who made a quit attempt did so without assistance (median=74.4%). Other methods were less prevalent, including quitlines (median=0.2%) and counseling (median=7.2%). Conclusions In the assessed countries, the majority of those who currently smoked tobacco and made a quit attempt did so without assistance; very few reported using quitlines, partly because of the lack of quitlines in some countries. In resource-limited settings, quitlines can play a greater role in helping people quit smoking as part of a comprehensive approach. |
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